The Witch is a short story, less than 5,000 words, from the collection ‘The witch and other stories’. Chekhov wrote 16 short story collections, totalling 233 short stories altogether. Add classics like ‘Uncle Vanya’, ‘The Seagull’ and ‘The Cherry Orchard’ and to me, Chekhov isn’t just a giant of 19thC Russian literature, he’s a giant of world literature.